Staff

If you are a high school student who has questions about Career Advantage classes at DMACC or at your high school, please email us,

Michael Lentsch
Director, Career Advantage
mjlentsch@dmacc.edu
515-965-7086 Office
515-249-8245 Cell
Michael oversees Career Advantage advisors to provide all enrollment services for Career advantage students.

Randy Gabriel
Director, Career Advantage
rgabriel1@dmacc.edu
515-965-6011 Office
515-238-7906 Cell
Randy works with high school faculty and counselors to set up shared programming in the areas of career/technical education.

Eddie Diaz
Director, DMACC Perry VanKirk Career Academy
ediaz@dmacc.edu
515-428-8120 Office
Eddie works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Perry Center.

Jeff Kelly
Coordinator, Ames Hunziker Center
jjkelly@dmacc.edu
Jeff works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Ames Career Academy.

Karen Swanson
Coordinator, Career Advantage
kswanson4@dmacc.edu
515-965-7347
Karen works directly with DMACC staff and high school faculty on concurrent enrollment requirements and processes, providing leadership and guidance to maintain NACEP accreditation.

Jose Lopez
Coordinator, Southridge Career Academy
jelopez6@dmacc.edu
515-322-9039 Cell
Jose works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Southridge Career Academy.

Alyssa Ploeger
Coordinator, Career Advantage
arploeger1@dmacc.edu
515-965-7172
Alyssa works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Ankeny Career Academy.

Marc Renning
Coordinator, Carroll Career Advantage
mjrenning@dmacc.edu
712-792-8323 Office
Marc works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Carroll Career Academy.

Bill Peters
Executive Campus Dean - Newton
wspeters@dmacc.edu
641-791-1721
Bill works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment coursess in various areas along with operating the DMACC Newton Career Academy

Lisa Olk
Administrative Assistant
llolk@dmacc.edu
515-964-6422 Office

Megan Mudd
Coordinator, Online Course Access
mjmudd@dmacc.edu
515-965-7170 office
515-249-0560 cell

Staci Scholten
Online Course Access
slscholten@dmacc.edu
515-964-6316 Office

Jenn Ewalt
Career Advantage Specialist
jlewalt@dmacc.edu
515-964-7345 Office
Jenn works with a variety of areas in Career Advantage.

CCTC

DMACC’s College and Career Transition Counselors work with students at specific high schools to assist students and families with the process of transitioning from high school to college and/or career.

Gail Zehr
District Coordinator, College and Career Transition Services
gmzehr@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-965-7094

Kara Donovan
kdonovan2@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-256-4952
Waukee High School
Waukee Northwest High School

Morgan Donovan
mddonovan@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9557
Knoxville High School
PCM High School

Tracy Edwards
taedwards3@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9564
Ballard High School
Colo-NESCO High School

Danielle Harris
dharris20@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9552
Southeast Polk

Tara Gallardo
tkgallardo@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9574
East High School 
Hoover High School
Lincoln High School 
North High School 
Roosevelt High School
Virtual High School 

Kara May
kamay1@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9556
Interstate 35 High School
Van Meter High School

Kenya Pruitt
kpruitt@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9558
Johnston High School
West Des Moines (Valley HS and Walnut Creek Alt)

Jo Riley
jriley9@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9560
Bondurant High School
North Polk High School

Steve Rude
sgrude@dmacc.edu
Cell: 515-916-8577
Earlham High School
Panorama High School

Eric Sackett
etsackett@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-964-6332
Ames High School
Collins-Maxwell High School

Justin Roberson
jroberson4@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9570
Ankeny High School
Ankeny Centennial High School

Sharisse Naeve
srnaeve@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-433-5204
Boone High School
Ogden High School

 

Academic Advisors

The following staff provide academic advising, recruitment, assessment, and orientation to high school students in the Career Advantage program.

To find the advisor at your high school, select Classes at Your School.

Aly Cappaert
amcappaert@dmacc.edu
Cell 515-339-8874

Megan Doubleday
medoubleday@dmacc.edu
515-663-6707 Office
515-240-7845 Cell

Andrea Gotta
ajgotta@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-791-5161

Katie Heither
kfheither@dmacc.edu
515-964-6658 Office
515-720-8267 Cell

Kam Klaver
kcklaver@dmacc.edu
515-964-6361 Office
515-330-5366 cell

Tom Lipovac
tflipovac@dmacc.edu
515-428-8100

Amanda Magie
ajmagie@dmacc.edu
515-371-0438 Cell

Kirk Pohlman
kjpohlman@dmacc.edu
515-964-6840 Office
515-238-8350 Cell

Kaylee Rivera
knrivera@dmacc.edu
515-414-6274 Cell

Ellen Sandholm
emsandholm@dmacc.edu
515-964-6659 Office
515-201-1289 Cell

Maggie Steinkamp
msteinkamp1@dmacc.edu
712-792-8332

Paige Warden
pnwarden@dmacc.edu
515-287-8715 Office
515-380-4421 Cell